Both Irving Barnes & Noble locations will close their doors on Dec. 31.

The Barnes & Noble at the Irving Mall, 3634 Irving Mall, and MacArthur Park at Las Colinas, 7615 N. MacArthur Blvd., are part of the national book store’s recent business decision to reevaluate low-selling locations.

Ryan Pafford, director of communications at the Irving Chamber, said Irving is “not an anomaly” in the chain’s business decision.

“Irving is not alone,” Pafford said. “We’ll start to see closures across the nation as they reevaluate locations.”

Pafford said the decision to close the Irving Mall Barnes & Noble was affected by the leasing agreement and the store’s low sales.

“For the last three years that location has had free rent and that was going away this year. The store also hasn’t been producing as well as they had hoped,” Pafford said.

Though the MacArthur Park at Las Colinas store did well during daytime hours, Pafford said traffic at the location is slow during the evening, which is not in line with other Barnes & Nobles around the nation.

“The Chamber hates to see any loss of business, but we are in an extreme period of growth and positive about the growth in Irving,” Pafford said.

He said Irving is at 95 percent occupancy for retail space and has projects lined up for both of the outgoing Barnes & Nobles.